Acupuncture & Health Center

Jumbe’ is the most patient and compassionate healer that one could have. He is warm and kind and very well informed on many healing techniques. He has helped me in emergencies and long and short term issues. I like his approach to understanding self healing. Sincere healer who is effective! Thank you Jumbe’ for all you have done to keep my health on par.

Jumbe is an all around gem. His expertise in supporting cancer patients is top-​notch.
I was able to see him weekly during a year + of surgeries and chemotherapy, and my health was much better than I and my family ever would have expected during the process. My doctors were impressed. Jumbe was recommended by Michael Broffman, another amazing resource for alternative, research-​based cancer care. So many alternative care practitioners feel like businesses these days; Jumbe is a healer.
I am grateful to have found him, and I will certainly seek his help for other ailments that befall me.

I am truly blessed to have found Jumbe! I have sought accupuncture before and have had mixed results (none long standing).
Jumbe has been treating me for 2 months now, and the results are wonderful. I was treated for repetitive motion injury in my right hand, arm & elbow. I was using a brace and barely able to function. I now no longer need the brace, and the pain is better every treatment.
I also suffer from chronic pain due to a back injury and two surgeries. He helps me tremendously. He knows just where to treat to nip it in the bud.
His herbal medicine is amazing too. I have been able to reduce my medicines by ¹⁄₃ and I am hoping little by little to get rid of most of them.
Thanks Jumbe!

Jumbe has been our family’s alternative healer for over ten years. He has successfully treated our family for: gastritis/​chronic heartburn and indigestion, irritable bowl syndrome, back problems, migraines and a bunch of other issues. He has a great bedside manner, takes his time, and is a fair and reasonable small business owner. Can’t recommend him more highly.

Dr. Allen is amazing. He has helped me heal from all kinds of things but I have to say that I went from not being able to get out of bed to three weeks later doing a yoga teacher training — and it was all him. I’m currently under his treatment again and after only a few sessions noticing the results. Also, he is just really a sage, full of wisdom. I feel like he really GETS what he is doing. Of all the practitioners I’ve seen, I feel confident in trusting that he is really DOING something to make things better. He is pretty amazing and has taught me a lot about life and how to take better care of myself.

I’ve seen Jumbe for a several months after a great recommendation from a friend and I’ll say that I have been blown away. To begin with, he’s a master in the art who has dedicated himself to practicing and has trained in China for 10+ years. He’s also quite the caring guy.
It’s a very different experience than I expected. Initially there’s a consult appointment that’s an all-​inclusive investigation of your symptoms. The idea here is to fully understand all symptoms, because some beget others, and then review these to decide which are the organs causing the root issues. He then treats those organs through a combo of acupuncture and herbs. Being of western origin with lots of hospital experience, this seemed like an odd approach but I’d suspend disbelief to see what happened because the western approach of more and more drugs doesn’t seem to treat the root causes of things like allergies and stress.
I initially went there for food allergies. After about a month I noticed that my allergies in general (grass, dogs, cats, etc.) were gone. I mean more than 25 years of daily allergy medication no longer required. I don’t understand it, but I’ve seen it. The other fascinating part is that while all my friends have been sick with the weekly colds, I’m almost totally immune to them. Add to that a totally chilled out feeling after the treatments and you’ve got life going by much more enjoyably.
I asked him what the tricks and tips were and realized that his studying acupuncture and holistic medicine for 10+ years in China from the masters, and then several more years in the US, has given him a lot to offer.
The only other thing I’d mention is that the treatments require some perseverance to make real change. I found meaningful results at 6 weeks. He has offices in SF (Noe) and Oakland in case you’re a work traveler like me. I’d recommend him to anyone trying to feel better in general because the results have been excellent.